A comparison of the analysis of the useful net solar gain for space heating, zone-by-zone and for a whole-building

Y.g Yohanis and B Norton

Renewable Energy, 2000, vol. 19, issue 3, 435-442

Abstract: The usefulness of solar gain for heating buildings is a function of the ratio of incidental insolation to heat loss. Calculation of this functional relationship on a whole-building basis leads to unsatisfactory results. It has been shown that a satisfactory analysis can only be carried out on a zone-by-zone basis thus allowing for differing orientation, thermal mass, obstruction, impact of adjacent zones and rates of infiltration

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00009-9

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